Disease The intractable diseases designated by MHLW, Japan


Diseases : 338 - Clinical trials : 33,695 / Drugs : 21,110 - ( DrugBank : 2,155 ) / Drug target genes : 623 - Drug target pathways : 291

Disease group: Skin and connective tissue diseases  
ID Disease name [Group] Clinical trial
Phase 1 / 2 / 3 / 4
Drug
[ DrugBank ]
Target gene
Target pathway
Domestic patients (1) MHLW,
(2) Med expenses recipients (FY2021)
 34 Neurofibromatosis [Skin] 💬
"Neurofibromatosis type I", "NF1", "von Recklinghausen disease", "Neurofibromatosis type II", "NF2"
 137 trials 
 56 / 88 / 14 / 8 💬 
 213 drugs 
 [ 76 drugs
 87 genes 
 200 pathways 
(1) 3,588 patients
(2) 4,056 patients
Age distribution💬
 35 Pemphigus [Skin] 💬
"Pemphigus vulgaris", "Pemphigus foliaceus", "Pemphigus erythematosus", "Herpetiform pemphigus", "Drug-induced pemphigus", "DIP", "Paraneoplastic pemphigus", "PNP"
 98 trials 
 44 / 36 / 47 / 7 💬 
 126 drugs 
 [ 41 drugs
 23 genes 
 168 pathways 
(1) About 6,000 patients
(2) 3,236 patients
Age distribution💬
 36 Epidermolysis bullosa [Skin] 💬
"Epidermolysis bullosa simplex", "EBS", "Junctional epidermolysis bullosa", "JEB", "Junctional epidermolysis bullosa type Herlitz", "JEB-H", "Junctional epidermolysis bullosa type non-Herlitz", "JEB-nH", "Dominant dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa", "DDEB", "Dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa", "DEB", "Epidermolysis bullosa dystrophica", "Recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa", "RDEB", "Kindler syndrome"
 160 trials 
 114 / 95 / 53 / 16 💬 
 195 drugs 
 [ 47 drugs
 50 genes 
 124 pathways 
(1) 347 patients
(2) 290 patients
Age distribution💬
 37 Generalised pustular psoriasis [Skin] 💬
"Pustular psoriasis", "Acute generalised pustular psoriasis, von Zumbusch type", "Herpetic impetigo", "Generalization of acrodermatitis continua", "Generalization of dermatitis continua of the extremities", "Infantile generalized pustular psoriasis", "Pediatric generalized pustular psoriasis"
 74 trials 
 31 / 30 / 38 / 9 💬 
 53 drugs 
 [ 20 drugs
 20 genes 
 101 pathways 
(1) 2,072 patients
(2) 2,070 patients
Age distribution💬
 38 Stevens-Johnson syndrome [Skin] 💬
"SJS", "Mucocutaneous ocular syndrome"
 13 trials 
 10 / 9 / 4 / 2 💬 
 23 drugs 
 [ 9 drugs
 15 genes 
 101 pathways 
(1) About 1,500 patients
(2) 169 patients
Age distribution💬
 39 Toxic epidermal necrolysis [Skin] 💬
"Toxic epidermal necrosis", "TEN"
 13 trials 
 5 / 8 / 2 / 1 💬 
 19 drugs 
 [ 8 drugs
 11 genes 
 103 pathways 
(1) About 200 patients
(2) 70 patients
Age distribution💬
 51 Scleroderma [Skin] 💬
"Systemic sclerosis", "SSc", "Diffuse cutaneous SSc", "dcSSc", "Limited cutaneous SSc", "lcSSc"
 523 trials 
 282 / 255 / 152 / 66 💬 
 608 drugs 
 [ 156 drugs
 114 genes 
 215 pathways 
(1) About 20,000 patients estimated though the latest number of patients unknown
(2) 26,851 patients
Age distribution💬
 52 Mixed connective tissue disease [Skin] 💬 [Imm] 💬
 8 trials 
 0 / 5 / 1 / 0 💬 
 7 drugs 
 [ 3 drugs
 1 gene 
 1 pathway 
(1) 11,005 patients
(2) 10,009 patients
Age distribution💬
 160 Congenital ichthyosis [Skin] 💬
"Keratinopathic ichthyosis", "Epidermolytic ichthyosis", "Superficial epidermolytic ichthyosis", "Harlequin ichthyosis", "Autosomal recessive congenital ichthyosis", "Congenital Ichthyosiform Erythroderma", "Foliate ichthyosis", "Ichthyosis syndrome", "Netherton syndrome", "Sjogren-Larsson syndrome", "Sjögren-Larsson syndrome", "Keratitis-ichtyosis-deafness syndrome", "Dorfman-Chanarin syndrome", "Neutral lipid storage disease", "NLSD", "Multiple sulfatase deficiency", "Austin disease", "Recessive X-linked ichthyosis", "RXLI", "X-linked recessive ichthyosis", "Ichthyosis, brittle hair, impaired intelligence, decreased fertility and short stature", "IBID", "Trichothiodystrophy", "Follicular ichthyosis", "Congenital hemidysplasia, ichthyosiform erythroderma or nevus, and limb defects syndrome", "CHILD syndrome", "Conradi-Hunermann-Happle syndrome", "Conradi-Hünermann-Happle syndrome", "CHHS"
 36 trials 
 20 / 17 / 11 / 5 💬 
 72 drugs 
 [ 21 drugs
 18 genes 
 111 pathways 
(1) About 200 patients
(2) 90 patients
Age distribution💬
 161 Familial benign chronic pemphigus [Skin] 💬
"Benign familial pemphigus", "Hailey-Hailey disease"
 5 trials 
 2 / 2 / 0 / 0 💬 
 9 drugs 
 [ 4 drugs
 2 genes 
 24 pathways 
(1) About 300 patients
(2) 57 patients
Age distribution💬
 162 Pemphigoid [Skin] 💬
"Bullous pemphigoid", "BP", "Epidermolysis bullosa acquisita", "Mucous membrane pemphigoid", "MMP", "Cicatricial pemphigoid"
 83 trials 
 24 / 37 / 24 / 8 💬 
 128 drugs 
 [ 51 drugs
 33 genes 
 142 pathways 
(1) About 7,100 patients (Pemphigoid: About 6,850 patients、Epidermolysis bullosa acquisita: About 250 patients)
(2) 3,764 patients
Age distribution💬
 163 Idiopathic pure sudomotor failure [Skin] 💬
"Idiopathic acquired systemic anhidrosis", "Acquired idiopathic generalized anhidrosis", "AIGA", "Idiopathic segmental anhidrosis", "IPSF", "Sweat gland failure"
   (1) About 100 patients~200 patients
(2) 551 patients
Age distribution💬
 166 Pseudoxanthoma elasticum [Skin] 💬
"PXE"
 15 trials 
 3 / 13 / 2 / 1 💬 
 27 drugs 
 [ 5 drugs
 5 genes 
 28 pathways 
(1) About 300 patients
(2) 109 patients
Age distribution💬
 167 Marfan syndrome [Skin] 💬
 20 trials 
 15 / 6 / 12 / 4 💬 
 39 drugs 
 [ 10 drugs
 10 genes 
 50 pathways 
(1) About 15,000~20,000 patients
(2) 1,081 patients
Age distribution💬
 168 Ehlers-Danlos syndrome [Skin] 💬
"EDS", "Classic EDS", "Classical EDS", "cEDS", "Hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos syndrome", "Hypermobile EDS", "hEDS", "Classical-like Ehlers-Danlos syndrome", "Classical-like EDS", "clEDS", "Vascular Ehlers-Danlos syndrome", "Vascular EDS", "vEDS", "Kyphoscoliosis Ehlers-Danlos syndrome", "Kyphoscoliosis EDS", "kEDS", "Arthrochalasia Ehlers-Danlos syndrome", "Arthrochalasia EDS", "aEDS", "Dermatosparaxis Ehlers-Danlos syndrome", "Dermatosparaxis EDS", "dEDS", "D4ST1-deficient Ehlers-Danlos syndrome", "Dermatan 4-0-sulfotransferase 1-deficient EDS", "D4ST1-deficient EDS", "DDEDS"
 8 trials 
 0 / 1 / 2 / 2 💬 
 17 drugs 
 [ 9 drugs
 9 genes 
 55 pathways 
(1) About 20,000 patients
(2) 179 patients
Age distribution💬
 170 Occipital horn syndrome [Skin] 💬
 2 trials 
 1 / 1 / 1 / 0 💬 
 4 drugs 
 [ 3 drugs
 9 genes 
 14 pathways 
(1) Less than 100 patients
(2) 1 patient
Age distribution💬